Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-26140

Medium

Published: 11 May 2021

Published
11 May 2021
Modified
14 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-26140 is a medium-severity Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm (CWE-327) vulnerability in Siemens Scalance W788-2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in the ALFA Windows 10 driver 6.1316.1209 for AWUS036H. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations accept plaintext frames in a protected Wi-Fi network. An adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary data frames independent of…

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the network configuration.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

alfa
awus036h firmware
6.1316.1209
siemens
scalance w1748-1 firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w1750d firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w1788-1 firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w1788-2 firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w1788-2ia firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w721-1 firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w722-1 firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w734-1 firmware
all versions
siemens
scalance w738-1 firmware
all versions
+184 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-327

Contacts with security groups provide timely information on broken or risky cryptographic algorithms, reducing the likelihood of their selection and use.

addresses: CWE-327

Ongoing education and sharing of recommended practices helps organizations identify and migrate away from broken or risky cryptographic algorithms.

addresses: CWE-327

Cross-organization threat feeds commonly include advances in cryptanalysis and active exploits against weak or broken algorithms, allowing organizations to deprecate them proactively.

addresses: CWE-327

Capital planning and funding allow selection and ongoing support of strong cryptographic algorithms rather than weak or broken ones.

addresses: CWE-327

Risk updates surface newly-broken or risky cryptographic algorithms as threat intelligence and computing advances evolve, enabling timely replacement.

addresses: CWE-327

Scanners flag use of broken or weak cryptographic algorithms via known-vulnerability databases.

addresses: CWE-327

Enforces approved cryptographic algorithms for each use case, blocking use of broken or risky algorithms.

addresses: CWE-327

Flaw remediation replaces broken or risky cryptographic algorithms once safer implementations are released by vendors.

References